Our first day of working is with a ladies group that has been established. They greet us, sing for us and show us their projects. They have an established Talapia farm, large garden, & some chickens. We give them some chickens and they have for us some Talapia they have raised. Each of these women's group are formed to empower them, so they can survive on their own if necessary. We have also unpacked, counted and divided the supplies, met our cook and house keeper and more. We are in a gated compound with a guard, and the house looks pretty good, considering what I heard about previous years. We find....... the toliet kind of flushes, and there is water on the floor all the time. We switch on the hot water, one shower and the switch has broken and now only cold showers. One small sink with only cold water in our bathroom makes for great morning wakeup when I wash my hair. Wow! Gary & Mary's bathroom isn't much better. No hot water yet, floor is full of water and why not.. the floor drain is about the size of a half-dollar and it's plugged.Our shower has a wooden door. Mary's hair dryer stops, so no hair dryer for rest of trip. (My excuse for hair style.) Gary's shaver isn't charging, so he's anxiously awaiting the end of shaving (not).
We squeegie the floors, put bucket under shower heads. Hear it drip all night and I'm thinking we have it licked.. Ha! In the morning we move the bucket to under the toliet tank. Gary has been up and trying to keep ahead of the mess. We find a hole in side of tank that I plug with a plastic bag and Gary gets a fork and fixes the float. American ingenuity! Shower is still dripping.
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